Pgs: 26-35
Facts ·Folktales are entertainment for children and also “didacticism” ·Each day they are told a story (normally at night) ·It is recessing ·To be a storyteller, one trains and studies the techniques of storytelling. After, one practices to close family members before they officially story tell ·Each storyteller has different styles ·Storytelling wasn’t only at home, but at school as well ·Usually has some moral to apply to real life ·Told at night as a reward for a hard day’s work ·When stories are being told, people sit in a semi circle formation ·When telling a story, the story teller does three things oPresents the problem oTries or appears to confuse the audience oEnlightens the reader.
A group of children at school listening to a story A storyteller surrounded by her audience
Facts
· Folktales are entertainment for children and also “didacticism”
· Each day they are told a story (normally at night)
· It is recessing
· To be a storyteller, one trains and studies the techniques of storytelling. After, one practices to close family members before they officially story tell
· Each storyteller has different styles
· Storytelling wasn’t only at home, but at school as well
· Usually has some moral to apply to real life
· Told at night as a reward for a hard day’s work
· When stories are being told, people sit in a semi circle formation
· When telling a story, the story teller does three things
o Presents the problem
o Tries or appears to confuse the audience
o Enlightens the reader.
A group of children at school listening to a story A storyteller surrounded by her audience
http://www.timsheppard.co.uk/story/dir/traditions/africa.html - different kinds of african story telling :)
Works Cited
Ogede, Ode. "Oral Tradition and Modern Storytelling: Revisiting Chinua Achebe's Short Stories." 01 Jan. 2001. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-79396016/oral-tradition-and-modern.html.
Umeasiegbu, Rems N. "Words are sweet: Igbo stories and ... -." Google Books. Web. 05 Nov. 2009. <http://books.google.com/books?printsec=frontcover&vid=ISBN9004067949&vid=LCCN83153969#v=onepage&q=&f=false>.